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Best Midtown Desserts: 2012 Readers’ Poll

It’s time for the 2012 Midtown Lunch Readers’ Poll. Your nominations are in, and between now and the end of the year we’ll be asking all of you to vote for the best Midtown Lunches in a whole range of categories. You can only vote once per category (so choose wisely), and official results will be posted after the new year.

Desserts are one of those food groups that constantly morphs yet stays exactly the same–you can improve on the flavor, but can you really improve on doughnuts, cookies, cake, and frosting? This follows right through to our Best Desserts nominees. The Treats Truck has quietly snuck back into their old favorite spot on select weekdays, while newbie Schmackary’s appeals to the cookie fiend in all of us. Quality Cakes has the to-die-for ice cream cakes, Dough’s doughnuts can be found in Bryant Park and at Culture Espresso, while Gregory’s Coffee and Macchiato Espresso Bar make their own delicious sweet treats in house. And can you remember a time when Midtown was Momofuku’less? We can’t. But the big question is- can any of them beat last year’s runaway winner, Wafels & Dinges? Here are this year’s nominees…